Synonyms of abandoned

abandoned 1 of 2

adjective

ə-ˈban-dənd 

1

as in deserted

left unoccupied or unused

she consciously avoided walking past the abandoned house, with its broken windows and sagging porch

Synonyms & Similar Words

• deserted
• disused
• derelict
• vacant
• vacated
• rejected
• desolate
• forsaken
• forgotten
• discarded
• void
• empty
• neglected
• ignored
• unattended
• junked
• untended
• waste
• jettisoned
• refuse
• shabby
• idle
• cast-off
• miserable
• godforsaken
• castaway
• wretched

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• recovered
• saved
• reclaimed
• redeemed
• salvaged
• restored
• retrieved
• rescued
• reconditioned
• rehabilitated
• rehabbed
• repeopled

2

as in rampant

showing no signs of being under control

wild, abandoned dancing that shocked the staid chaperones at the debutante ball

Synonyms & Similar Words

• rampant
• runaway
• uncontrolled
• unbridled
• unchecked
• unbounded
• unhindered
• unrestrained
• raw
• unhampered
• intemperate
• uncontrollable
• ungovernable
• uninhibited
• barbaric
• wild
• riotous
• hog wild

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• controlled
• checked
• hampered
• hindered
• restrained
• governed
• constrained
• temperate
• curbed
• moderate
• bridled
• tempered

abandoned

2 of 2

verb

past tense of abandon

1

as in indulged

to give (oneself) over to something especially unrestrainedly

more than ready to abandon himself to a life of complete idleness for the duration of his vacation

Synonyms & Similar Words

• indulged
• surrendered
• yielded
• delivered
• gave up
• reveled
• basked
• revelled
• overindulged
• wallowed
• rolled
• overdid
• luxuriated

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• denied
• eschewed
• abstained (from)
• refrained (from)
• restrained
• checked
• inhibited
• forwent
• forewent
• forbore

2

as in left

to cause to remain behind

abandoned the group that he had been hiking with and struck out on his own

Synonyms & Similar Words

• left
• stranded
• deserted
• dumped
• quitted
• discarded
• marooned
• forsook
• quit
• relinquished
• scrapped
• flung
• escaped
• shed
• walked away from
• ignored
• vacated
• rejected
• ditched
• walked out on
• jettisoned
• renounced
• junked
• withdrew (from)
• sacrificed
• surrendered
• neglected
• repudiated
• separated (from)
• cut off
• retreated (from)
• disregarded
• disowned
• handed over
• threw away
• delivered
• forgot
• yielded
• gave up
• threw out
• shucked (off)
• abjured
• took off (from)
• distanced

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• owned
• had
• retained
• possessed
• held
• reserved
• reclaimed
• kept
• withheld
• saved
• rescued
• harbored
• redeemed

3

as in cancelled

to put an end to (something planned or previously agreed to)

the bad weather forced NASA to abandon the launch

Synonyms & Similar Words

• cancelled
• canceled
• scrapped
• aborted
• revoked
• repealed
• recalled
• scrubbed
• rescinded
• dropped
• withdrew
• called
• suspended
• terminated
• called off
• halted
• reversed
• ended
• invalidated
• cried off
• interrupted
• retracted
• abrogated
• nullified
• stopped
• discontinued
• annulled
• voided
• relinquished
• recanted
• took back
• rolled back
• broke off
• surrendered
• wrote off
• held back
• countermanded
• gave up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• continued
• kept
• engaged
• began
• promised
• started
• commenced
• initiated
• pledged
• undertook
• took up
• took on

4

as in quitted

to stop doing (something) permanently

marriage customs that were abandoned decades ago

Synonyms & Similar Words

• quitted
• discontinued
• dropped
• quit
• ended
• finished
• had done (with)
• ceased
• laid off (of)
• concluded
• packed (up or in)
• closed
• knocked off
• gave up
• halted
• expired
• hung it up
• paused
• shut off
• broke off
• left off
• terminated
• broke up
• tapered off
• threw up
• wrapped up
• wound up
• rounded (off or out)
• winded up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• maintained
• continued
• kept
• carried on
• went
• persisted
• kept up
• held on
• renewed
• hung on
• resumed
• preserved
• reopened
• stayed
• started
• began
• ran on
• persevered
• hung in
• commenced
• restarted
• followed through (with)

Examples of abandoned in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Adjective

Téllez pressed on trying to get his family back to Mexico City, circumventing several more abandoned vehicles blocking roads and eventually making it to the airport. —Mark Stevenson, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Jan. 2023

While some investors target completely vacant and abandoned homes, Walsh’s strategy focused on newly vacant or distressed homes in Baltimore. —Giacomo Bologna, Baltimore Sun, 15 Nov. 2022

Tearing down a decrepit house is a lot cheaper than renovating it, so what is the argument behind Cleveland spending $5 million in stimulus money to renovate abandoned houses? —Laura Johnston, cleveland, 8 Nov. 2022

The move marked the end of a tumultuous saga that began when the refuge was established in 1977 by the late animal welfare advocate Martine Colette to house abused, abandoned and sick animals. —Los Angeles Times, 26 Nov. 2022